Register Spring HandlerInterceptor Without WebMvcConfigurationSupport

Question

I\'m trying to register an instance of HandlerInterceptor in Spring using Java Config without extending WebMvcConfigurationSupport. I\'m c

Answer 1

Just stating @Blauhirn's comment, WebMvcConfigurerAdapter is deprecated as of version 5.0:

Deprecated as of 5.0 WebMvcConfigurer has default methods (made possible by a Java 8 baseline) and can be implemented directly without the need for this adapter

Refer to the new way to do it:

@Configuration
public class WebMvcConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {

    @Override
    public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
        registry.addInterceptor(new MyCustomInterceptor())
        // Optional
        .addPathPatterns("/myendpoint");
    }
}

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Plus, as stated here, do not annotate this with @EnableWebMvc, if you want to keep Spring Boot auto configuration for MVC.

Answer 2

Edit: This class has since been deprecated. See @bosco answer below for the Spring 5 equivalent.

Figured it out, the solution is to use, simply:

@Configuration
public class AnnotationSecurityConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

    @Override
    public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
        registry.addInterceptor(new SecurityAnnotationHandlerInterceptor());
    }

}

In spring boot, all beans of type WebMvcConfigurer are automatically detected and can modify the MVC context.